Meeting of the Euramet project 924

"Development of a sustainable traceability and dissemination system providing
Europe-wide comparable measurement results
in water monitoring under the WFD"

in the PTB, Braunschweig, Germany at 9.-10. April 2008

This meeting served to discuss the current activities of the project which are the discussion of two completed comparison measurements, the validation of the measurement methods of potential calibration laboratories, and the planning of a comparison for the test laboratories and the potential calibration laboratories by the end of this year.

Agenda

Wednesday, 09^th April
Discussion of the comparisons (step1)

900	Welcome address (D. Schiel, PTB)
910	Metrolgy in Chemistry (P. Fisicaro, LNE)
940	Preparation and testing of the pure water samples (J. Birkhahn, BAM)
1020	Preparation and testing of the natural water samples (P. Fisicaro, LNE)
1040	Coffee break
1100	Results of the comparisons (D. Schiel, PTB)
1130	Discussion of the results (Chairman: R. Matschat, BAM)
1300	Lunch

Discussion of the next steps (2+3) of the project

1400	The Chemical Monitoring Activity under the WFD - State of the art and analytical challenges (U. Borchers, IWW, Germany)
1430	Metrological traceability and dissemination (D. Schiel, PTB)
1500	Discussion of the next project steps; Validation of the procedures and the next comparison measurement (H. Kipphardt, BAM)
	In between a 20-minutes coffee break

Additional programme

1630	Visit of the laboratories of "Metrology and Chemistry"
1730	Public bus transport to city centre
1830	Guided tour through Braunschweig (additional pictures)
	Pictures: 01 02 03
1945	Dinner, Gewandhaus